Description:
Manage employee problems, legally and effectively
Every workplace has occasional problems with employees. This book is packed with the legal and practical information you need to handle all kinds of issues--from small corrective actions to major problems that put your company at risk. It provides proven techniques and immediate solutions to help you quickly and legally:
- investigate problems and complaints
- lay the groundwork for termination
- handle severances and references
- prevent discrimination and other types of lawsuits
- avoid hiring problem employees in the future
- stop bullying and harassment, and
- create policies for remote employees.
The 13th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest employment laws in every state. It provides sample policies, forms, and checklists to help you at every step.
Brief description: The Editors of Nolo --Nolo's editorial department includes more than a dozen legal editors and a full-time legal researcher, who collectively have more than 100 years' experience turning legal jargon into plain English. Most of our editors gave up careers as practicing lawyers in favor of furthering Nolo's mission: Getting legal information into the hands of the people who really need it. All Nolo legal editors specialize in certain areas of the law, and many are recognized as national experts in their field. They write books, edit books by outside authors, and in their spare time write online articles, develop legal forms, and create the legal content of Nolo software.
Review Quotes: "Takes into account recent employment laws and has a new chapter on mediation." Reference & Research Book News
"Offers proven techniques for creating a trouble-free workplace and offers immediate fixes for handling your problem employee of the moment." Small Business Opportunities
"Make sure you cover all your bases first... this guide to legalities of evaluations, discipline, complaint investigations, terminations and service can help make sure that you do." Accounting Today
From the Author: Do you have employees that lack motivation, provide inconsistent performance, or sometimes not show up at all? Does your workplace seem to be a breeding ground for all kinds of employee problems? Are you worried about the many challenges of supervising a remote workforce? No matter what the problem is, this book can help. Dealing With Problem Employees offers proven techniques--and more importantly, immediate fixes--for dealing with the inevitable problem employee.